10 facts about Venus
1. Venus is the second planet from the Sun. The average distance between this planet and the Sun is about 67,221,648 miles (108,182,755 km).
2. The planet named after an ancient goddess of love and beauty Aphrodite (in Roman-Venus).
3. Venus shines as a bright star. This planet is the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and the Moon.
4. Venus names an evening and morning star. Venus is visible only in the evening and in the morning because it is closer to the Sun than the Earth.
5. The cloudy environment of Venus is a dense mix of carbonic dioxide and a sulfuric acid which are formed owing to eruption of volcanoes on this planet.
6. The temperature at the surface of Venus is the highest in Solar system. It is more than 460 C (860 F).
7. The reason for the high temperature on Venus is a greenhouse effect created dense atmosphere, which is composed mostly of carbon dioxide (96%) and with virtually no water.
8. The pressure at the surface of Venus in 90 times greater than the atmospheric pressure on the Earth.
9. The one day at Venus is equal to 243 Earth days.
10. Venus is the closest planet to Earth on the size. It is about 7521 miles (12104 km) in diameter.
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Venus has no moons.
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